Lasith Malinga Reportedly Set To Take Over As Sri Lanka’s Fast Bowling Consultant

Colombo, Jan 26: Former Sri Lankan tempo bowler Lasith Malinga is about to change into the quick bowling advisor coach of the nationwide cricket group after the high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee really useful his identify to Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) Executive Committee. The 38-year-old Malinga, who performed for greater than a decade for Indian Premier League (IPL) facet Mumbai Indians, will oversee the Sri Lankan group's preparations for the upcoming T20I tour of Australia, the place the facet will play 5 matches, a report in The Island stated on Wednesday. 'Sachin Tendulkar Would Have Scored 1 Lakh Runs' Quips Shoaib Akhtar During Conversation With Ravi Shastri (Watch Video) While Malinga is likely one of the most profitable T20 bowlers on this planet on account of his sling-shot motion and is a Sri Lankan icon, his appointment has reportedly not gone down nicely with a number of stakeholders of the sport within the nation. The report stated that whereas he was adored by hundreds of thousands of followers, "he wasn't the most likeable person in the dressing room with a host of Sri Lankan captains having concerns about his conduct". "It is alleged that Malinga deliberately slowed down the over-rate with the intention of suspending the captain, an allegation that SLC has not investigated. Cricket's playing conditions at one point dictated that slow over rates would result in fines for players and suspension for the captain. Since then, the International Cricket Council has amended the playing conditions and the captain is no longer suspended," the report added. Sri Lanka lifted the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 underneath Malinga's captaincy, as he was filling in for the suspended Dinesh Chandimal, however his general file as skipper is abysmal. He led the nation in 9 One-day Internationals and all 9 resulted in losses. Under his management, Sri Lanka misplaced 15 of the 24 T20Is it performed. The report stated that the Cricket Advisory Committee, comprising of stalwarts equivalent to Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda de Silva and Muttiah Muralitharan amongst others, had their reservations on endorsing Malinga as quick bowling advisor coach. However, for the reason that advice reportedly got here from former skipper and advisor coach Mahela Jayawardene, it couldn't be denied, the report stated. (The above story first appeared on SociallyKeeda on Jan 26, 2023 12:06 PM IST. For more information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and life-style, go surfing to our web site sociallykeeda.com).